ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,487, issued on June 23, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Antenna assemblies for medical systems and associated systems and methods" was invented by Peter Andriola (Castro Valley, Calif.), Brian Fahey (Menlo Park, Calif.), Shahn Sage (Clear Lake, Minn.) and Eric N. Rudie (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to implantable medical systems that can include a first implantable device, a second implantable device, and a communication assembly that extends between and physically couples the first device and the second device. The first device can include one or more...